This course is offered in sequence after Algebra II to students in 10th grade. It is designed to meet the objectives listed below. As sophomores in high school, I expect my students to put maximum effort into this course. The content that will be taught is aimed to meet standards tested on the Geometry Keystone Exam.
Course Objectives:
First Marking Period
Tools of Geometry - students will learn the foundation blocks for the structure of geometry, how to make plausible conclusions based on patterns, and how to use constructions and the coordinate plane.
Reasoning and Proof - students will learn how to write special types of statements and use those statements with deductive reasoning to make conclusions.
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines - students will use parallel lines to learn about angle measures and think about parallel and perpendicular lines in a coordinate plane.
Second Marking Period
Congruent Triangles - students will learn the meaning of congruent polygons and learn how to prove that two triangles are congruent.
Relationships with Triangles - students will learn about geometric relationships within triangles and how to apply indirect reasoning to deduce information.
Quadrilaterals - students will learn properties of parallelograms and other special quadrilaterals, how to classify quadrilaterals and verify properties of figures using coordinate techniques.
Third Marking Period
Area - students will learn how to find the areas of special quadrilaterals and regular polygons and the Pythagorean Theorem.
Similarity - students will learn how to prove triangles are similar and how perimeters and areas of similar figures are related.
Right Triangle Trigonometry - students will learn how to use similar right triangles to define sine, cosine and tangent ratios and how to apply these to various applications.
Fourth Marking Period
Surface Area and Volume - students will learn about special three-dimensional figures and calculating the surface area and volume.
Circles - students will learn the many properties of circles and the relationships of lines, segments and arcs that intersect circles.
Transformations -students will learn reflections, translations, and rotations to create congruent images and discuss symmetry.
Welcome to Miss Shinert's Geometry Class!
This course is offered in sequence after Algebra II to students in 10th grade. It is designed to meet the objectives listed below. As sophomores in high school, I expect my students to put maximum effort into this course. The content that will be taught is aimed to meet standards tested on the Geometry Keystone Exam.
Course Objectives:
First Marking Period
Tools of Geometry - students will learn the foundation blocks for the structure of geometry, how to make plausible conclusions based on patterns, and how to use constructions and the coordinate plane.
Reasoning and Proof - students will learn how to write special types of statements and use those statements with deductive reasoning to make conclusions.
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines - students will use parallel lines to learn about angle measures and think about parallel and perpendicular lines in a coordinate plane.
Second Marking Period
Congruent Triangles - students will learn the meaning of congruent polygons and learn how to prove that two triangles are congruent.
Relationships with Triangles - students will learn about geometric relationships within triangles and how to apply indirect reasoning to deduce information.
Quadrilaterals - students will learn properties of parallelograms and other special quadrilaterals, how to classify quadrilaterals and verify properties of figures using coordinate techniques.
Third Marking Period
Area - students will learn how to find the areas of special quadrilaterals and regular polygons and the Pythagorean Theorem.
Similarity - students will learn how to prove triangles are similar and how perimeters and areas of similar figures are related.
Right Triangle Trigonometry - students will learn how to use similar right triangles to define sine, cosine and tangent ratios and how to apply these to various applications.
Fourth Marking Period
Surface Area and Volume - students will learn about special three-dimensional figures and calculating the surface area and volume.
Circles - students will learn the many properties of circles and the relationships of lines, segments and arcs that intersect circles.
Transformations -students will learn reflections, translations, and rotations to create congruent images and discuss symmetry.